Why is it that the only two “libertarian Democrats” Frank Gonzales in Florida and Joel Winter in NH, get all the attention, yet the hundreds of libertarian Republican candidates who ran and won this year get ignored by Libertarian Party advocates like you? Why the double standard?

We’re talking HUNDREDS of libertarian Republican candidate in 2006. And ONLY two “libertarian Democrats.”

You know Joel Winter won a seat in the NH Legislature. Everybody is beaming about him; “Joel the libertarian Hero.”

You know how many libertarians were elected to the NH Legislature as Republicans this year? About 40 like Jason Berrick, DJ Bettencourt, Al Baldarasso.

Are you hearing anything about them?

The whole “libertarian Democrat” thing is way, way, way overblown.

And as for Gonzales, the Florida Democrats kept a long arm’s distance away from him. They wanted nothing to do with his candidacy.

What’s the answer?

How many people engaged in business really understand an Income Statement? A Balance Sheet? A Cash Flow Statement? Every one engaged in business should understand
these financial reports and their personal responsibility to ensure reporting
accuracy. But the % of individuals engaged in business that truly understand
financial reporting is probably very small. And so they make mistakes
or are open to fraud perpetrated by ethics deficient “experts”.

The market crashes, the public is shorn and their savings harvested.

Some politicians rise up on their hind legs, wring their hands and
pass legislation to “protect the public”. The law gets applied
to everyone whether they had an ethics problem or not. Usually,
the fox in placed in charge of the chicken coop as was the case
with Joe Kennedy being made the first SEC chairman by Roosevelt
after Kennedy made a fortune short selling before the created crash
of 1929.

The “global elite” pay their 100 million or so in fines
negotiated by their global elite attorneys and then carry on
business as usual working their fines and cost of compliance
into their numbers.

The true entrepreneur gets squashed further.

The only way the “global elite” get away with this racket is
to make the subject of finance so complex that us ordinary beings
can’t confront it.

The answer is to simplify the subject matter so a critical
mass of businessmen will truly understand the language
of finance and its rules, will see how they are getting ripped
off by parasitic elements and will “throw the rascals out”.

Our latest course – Sarbanes Oxley Simplified makes the
act understandable and fun to learn.

Maybe enough people will spot the super control agenda
behind acts like Sarbanes Oxley and Basel II and take back
ownership of their countries and economies from the parasites.

On the TXSLEC list this weekend, Jeff Daiell brought up some good points on the topic:
(full conversation here: (http://modernopinion.com/us/libertarian/2006/12/libertarian-strategy-should-we-focus.asp)

Also, many groups align with the Democrats because the Democrats aligned with them, at least officially, and alleged advocates of free enterprise disdained them. Those are groups we can recruit from. Finally, keep in mind that even if we peel away 3-5% among any of these groups, and especially if we do so from more than one, the bipartisans will notice and, however grudgingly, will move in our direction on some issues to attract those folks back.

But it’s a two-way street. We libertarians need Republicans too. They have excellent ballot access and a tried and true label. We need to be loyal team players with them, as well.

Eric at http://www.mainstreamlibertarian.com